Norman Osborn Cast in ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Sequel
James Wortman Despite not being entirely disappointed by Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man, I don’t really find myself craving the sequel. Perhaps it’s because my interest in Spider-Man as a character just isn’t…
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Sony: Spider-Man 4 Is Dead
On January 11, Nikke Finke and Mike Fleming at Deadline Hollywood brokenews that following some widely publicized script problems that delayed production, Spider-Man 4 won’t be happening at all. Sony…
Spider-Man 4 Delayed Due to Script Problems
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sam Raimi’s fourth installment in the Spider-Man franchise probably won’t be hitting theaters on its scheduled May 6, 2011 release date due to script complications.…
Sam Raimi Promises Less Villains in Spider-Man 4
Like most comic book geeks with a keyboard and a digital soapbox, I have a hard time writing about anything related to the Spider-Man movies without first mentioning what a…
A Venomous Spidey Spinoff May Have a Writer
After arch-villain Venom was unceremoniously shoehorned into Spider-Man 3, Columbia Pictures is readying a spin-off film for the character, Variety reports. Fresh from rewriting the script for Spider-Man 4, which…
Bruce Campbell Gets Expanded Role in Spidey 4
Since you apparently can’t have a Sam Raimi Spider-Man film without Bruce Campbell (and what self-respecting geek would want one?), the cult icon and star of Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy…
James Vanderbilt to Write Spider-Man 5 and 6
Are your writer senses tingling? If so, it’s probably because Sony Pictures has hired James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) to pen Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6. Variety reports that the films will…
Sam Raimi to Direct World of Warcraft Film
I can’t see this as being a very good idea— then again, I’ve steered clear of the dangerously addictive game—but Sam Raimi is going to direct a live-action World of…
Spider-Man 4 Script Changes Hands Once Again
In terms of Marvel superheroes, we’re probably all anticipating Iron Man 2 (2010) just a bit more than Spider-Man 4 after the web-slinger’s last cinematic adventure two years ago disappointed…